Years after declaring her eternal virginity and opting to live life as a man in the mountains of Albania, Hana looks to return to living as a woman as she settles into a new existence in modern-day Milan. – Telescope Film
Director: Laura Bispuri
Cast: Alba Rohrwacher, Emily Ferratello, Lars Eidinger, Flonja Kodheli
Country: Italy, Switzerland, Germany
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hour, 27 minutes
Platform: Kanopy
When nine-year-old orphan Shula (Margaret Mulubwa) is accused of witchcraft, she is exiled to a witch camp run by a corrupt and inept government official. Tied to the ground and told that she will turn into a goat if she tries to escape, Shula becomes a star tourist attraction exploited by those around her for financial gain. Soon she is forced to make a difficult decision: resign herself to life at the camp, or risk everything for freedom. – The Criterion Channel
Director: Rungano Nyoni
Cast: Maggie Mulubwa, Nellie Munamonga, Dyna Mufuni
Country: Zambia, United Kingdom
Distributor: Film Movement
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hour, 33 minutes
Platform: The Criterion Channel
Special Events: Shorts Included
Rungano Nyoni’s award-winning short film Listen, co-directed by Hamy Ramezan, is also available to view on The Criterion Channel by following the link below.
In China’s popular live-streaming showrooms, three millennials – a karaoke singer, a migrant worker and a rags-to-riches comedian – seek fame, fortune and human connection. They quickly discover the same promises and perils online as in their real lives. – Telescope Film
Director: Hao Wu
Country: China
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hour, 35 minutes
Platform: Amazon Prime
Special Programming: Documentary Cinema
Special Events: Filmmaker Conversations
Hollywood superstar Charlie Castle (Jack Palance) has it all, except for a way out. When he tries to leave show business, his tyrannical studio boss, Stanley Hoff (Steiger), blackmails him with a lethal, covered-up secret that could land him in jail. A loose-lipped starlet (Shelley Winters) also knows too much, and when she starts talking, Hoff plans murder. Now Charlie is more cornered than ever, on the brink of losing his wealth, his power, and his soul. – The Criterion Channel
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Rod Steiger
Country: United States
Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hour, 54 minutes
Platform: The Criterion Channel (Not currently available on platform)
Special Programming: Classic Cinema
When Australian teacher John Grant stops off in the rural town of Yabba, he quickly gets pulled into the dark world of strange, ultra-macho townies who spend their days binge drinking, gambling and hunting kangaroos. For the timid Grant, this starts out as a thrilling release of his id. But after he loses his shirt gambling, Grant struggles to escape the bad luck – or perhaps a conspiracy – that keeps preventing him from leaving Yabba. – Shudder
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay
Country: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Distributor: Image Entertainment
Rating: R
Runtime: 1 hour, 54 minutes
Platform: Shudder
Special Programming: Midnight Movies, Classic Cinema
Actors, crew members and others who were there discuss the tumultuous creation of Orson Welles’s final, unfinished film, The Other Side of the Wind. – Netflix
Director: Morgan Neville
Cast: Orson Welles, Alan Cumming, Peter Bogdanovich, Oja Kodar
Country: United States
Distributor: Netflix
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 1 hour, 38 minutes
Platform: Netflix
Special Programming: Documentary Cinema, Classic Cinema
Surrounded by fans and skeptics, grizzled director J.J. “Jake” Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. – Telescope Film
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: John Huston, Oja Kodar, Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Strasberg
Country: France, Iran, United States
Distributor: Netflix
Rating: R
Runtime: 2 hours, 2 minutes
Platform: Netflix
Special Programming: Classic Cinema
Special Events: Filmmaker Conversations
The short documentary A Final Cut for Orson can be accessed under the “Additional Videos” section for The Other Side of the Wind on Netflix.
This class-conscious screwball charmer blends vivacious wit with an unapologetic message of working-class solidarity. When he learns that the employees of a department store he owns are planning to unionize, John P. Merrick (Charles Coburn), the richest man in the world, goes undercover as a shoe salesman in order to bring down their plot from the inside. But as he’s won over by selfless salesgirl Mary Jones (Jean Arthur) and her labor-organizer boyfriend (Robert Cummings), the millionaire is gradually transformed from ruthless capitalist to man of the people. – The Criterion Channel
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn
Country: United States
Distributor: Olive Films
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hour, 33 minutes
Platform: The Criterion Channel (Not currently available on platform)
Special Programming: Classic Cinema
Edward G. Robinson spoofs his own tough-guy image in this lively gangster farce, one of director John Ford’s rare forays into straight comedy. In a delightful double role, Robinson plays mild-mannered office clerk Arthur Jones, who just happens to look exactly like public enemy number one, the ruthless mobster Killer Mannion, an unfortunate coincidence that leads to serious trouble for both Arthur and his plucky office crush (Jean Arthur). The breakneck pacing and clever script (cowritten by Frank Capra’s regular collaborator Robert Riskin) yields one of the fastest and funniest screwballs of the 1930s. – The Criterion Channel
Director: John Ford
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur
Country: United States
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hour, 33 minutes
Platform: The Criterion Channel (Not currently available on platform)
Special Programming: Classic Cinema
One of the most influential and enchanting films of the American independent cinema, this charming, stylistically innovative fable poetically captures the joys and wonders of childhood. When seven-year-old Joey (Richie Andrusco) is tricked into believing he has killed his older brother, he gathers his meager possessions and flees to New York’s nether wonderland: Coney Island. Upon and beneath the crowded boardwalk, Joey experiences a day and night filled with adventures and mysteries, captured in a groundbreaking, semidocumentary style that is refreshingly spontaneous and thoroughly delightful. – Criterion Channel
Director: Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin, Raymond Abrashkin
Cast: Richie Andrusco, Richard Brewster, Winifred Cushing
Country: United States
Distributor: Kino Video
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hour, 22 minutes
Platform: The Criterion Channel
Special Programming: Family Films, Classic Cinema
